灰 (huī) means Ash (dust - gloomy). Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
桌子上有一层 灰 。
Zhuōzi shàng yǒu yì céng huī.
There is a layer of dust on the table.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 灰
他穿着一件 灰 色的外套。
Tā chuān zhe yí jiàn huīsè de wàitào.
He is wearing a grey coat.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 灰
失败了也别 灰 心。
Shībài le yě bié huī xīn.
Do not lose heart even if you fail.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 灰心
书架上落满了 灰 尘。
Shūjià shàng luò mǎn le huīchén.
The bookshelf is covered in dust.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 灰尘
她擦掉了桌上的 灰 尘。
Tā cā diào le zhuō shàng de huīchén.
She wiped the dust off the table.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 灰尘
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From the graded readers
大衣是 灰 色的，而且比我想的小得多。
dà yī / yì shì huīsè de / dì, érqiě bǐ wǒ xiǎng de / dì xiǎo deduō.
The coat was grey, and much smaller than I'd expected.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
Words that contain 灰
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 灰
How is 灰 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 灰 (huī, "Ash (dust - gloomy)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 灰 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 灰 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 灰 an HSK word?
Yes — 灰 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 灰?
The dictionary page for 灰 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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